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Electronic waste being processed in an informal setting in Thailand. Image: Basel Action Network

News / Waste

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

...Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand banning imports of plastic or e-waste. But it's not really good news. That waste will simply go somewhere else. And the likelihood is it won't be treated in the right wa...

27 Mar 2019

E-waste smuggling ring in Thailand signals failure of Basel Convention

Wind turbines along the Southern Ocean, Western Australia.

News / Energy

Australia's energy market confusion is hurting the environment and business

...Malaysia’s still-fresh government has recently opened a tender for 500MW of large-scale solar, and launched a suite of tweaks to the rooftop solar marketplace. However, there is also renewed discussio...

27 Feb 2019

Australia's energy market confusion is hurting the environment and business

Journalists visited the mangrove conservation on Baros village, Bantul regency, Yogyakarta. Image: Flickr

News / Carbon & Climate

Reporting on climate change: Why is it so hard for journalists in developing Asia?

...Malaysia. Films that tap into nationalist sentiment will always be more popular here. Donny Suparman, associate producer, Trans7 “ How do you frame a story about climate change, when the images we s...

4 Jun 2019

Reporting on climate change: Why is it so hard for journalists in developing Asia?

News / Transport

Scientists aim for more ecologically sensitive development for engineers

...Malaysian Engineers. On a recent visit to Malaysia, lead author Mohammed Alamgir, an environmental scientist at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, and his colleagues shared with a group of en...

1 Mar 2018

Scientists aim for more ecologically sensitive development for engineers

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

Winners and losers from the EU's proposed ban on palm oil

...Malaysia. It is clear that clearing rainforests for the production of biofuels contributes neither to mitigating climate change nor sustainable development in these countries, when one considers ecol...

8 Jul 2018

Winners and losers from the EU's proposed ban on palm oil

oil palm plantation workers take a rest from work

News / Food & Agriculture

Most communities in Borneo not seeing promised oil palm payoff, study finds

...Malaysia, Colombia, Guatemala and Nigeria. While these studies tended to be more localised, they were consistent: the authors write that 92 per cent found “a positive association between oil palm plan...

7 May 2019

Most communities in Borneo not seeing promised oil palm payoff, study finds

News / Waste

Southeast Asian plastic recyclers hope to clean up after China ban

When Seah Kian Hoe was just 10 years old, he would jump on the back of his parent's small truck during school holidays and help them collect scrap, going door-to-door around neighbourhoods in Malaysia...

17 Jan 2018

Southeast Asian plastic recyclers hope to clean up after China ban

News / Water

Indonesia's tuna fisheries race for sustainability

...Malaysia and Europe. Ali Wibisono, the company’s CEO, said in a statement that attaining sustainable fishing certification was “very important for our fishermen and fishing communities in Sorong and w...

18 Mar 2019

Indonesia's tuna fisheries race for sustainability

News / Food & Agriculture

Bats key pollinators for durian production, camera traps confirm

...Malaysia. Durian fruit, known for its pungent — and some might say off-putting — aroma, is adored by some for its taste. In many villages in Malaysia, locals tend to descendants of the naturally occur...

5 Oct 2017

Bats key pollinators for durian production, camera traps confirm

Press Releases / Women of the Future

Winners announced for inaugural Women of the Future Awards Southeast Asia

...Malaysia (Malaysia) Social Entrepreneur: Cherrie Atilano, Social Entrepreneur & Founder/President, AGREA Agricultural Systems International, Inc. (Philippines) Pinky Lilani CBE DL, founder, Wo...

10 Apr 2018

Winners announced for inaugural Women of the Future Awards Southeast Asia

News / Energy

1,200 megawatt Vietnam coal plant gets funding, but Standard Chartered pulls out over climate policy conflict

...Malaysia’s Maybank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation—was absent from the final list of financiers. A campaign by green groups Greenpeace and Market Forces pointed out that by financing the ...

19 Apr 2018

1,200 megawatt Vietnam coal plant gets funding, but Standard Chartered pulls out over climate policy conflict

A new Greenpeace International investigation has revealed that Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, is still linked to forest destruction for palm oil almost five years after committing to end deforestation.[1]

News / Food & Agriculture

How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up to its no-deforestation promise?

...Malaysian has steered the billion-dollar Singapore-listed company through a maze of allegations, from deforestation and burning of carbon-rich peatlands to human rights abuses. A year ago, the company...

9 Oct 2019

How is the world's biggest palm oil trader living up to its no-deforestation promise?

green tea smallholder development in Lao PDR

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Promoting green business: 3 priorities for action

...Malaysia, a government-led organisation, awards green certificates to projects that adopt green technology in the country, a model that can be replicated elsewhere in Asia. Another policy fix is to in...

4 Feb 2019

Promoting green business: 3 priorities for action

Dr Tiun Ling Ta, Seberang Perai Municipal Council Councillor (far left) moderates a panel discussion with Phee Boon Poh, chairman of Penang’s State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee, Dato Maimunah bt. Mohd Sharif, Penang Island city council mayor and Dato Sr Haji Rozali bin Haji Mohamud, Seberang Perai Municipal Council president

News / Energy

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

...Malaysia uses over the same timeframe to meet the country's growing energy demand; Malaysia's energy needs are predicted to triple by 2050. The pace of Malaysia's transition to renewables took a big h...

14 Sep 2017

Are vested interests slowing Malaysia’s shift to renewables?

News / Transport

Malaysia's clean transport revolution shines at Expo 2017

...Malaysia's participation at the Expo was organised by Malaysia's Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water and implemented by its agency GreenTech Malaysia.

11 Aug 2017

Malaysia's clean transport revolution shines at Expo 2017

News / Policy & Finance

Tough policing is restoring Indonesia’s fisheries

...Malaysia. An illegal fishing vessel named Viking is blown up by Indonesian authorities off Pangandaran, West Java, in March 2016. Image: Ramdani/Xinhua/Alamy via chinadialogue Oceans. When Susi Pudj...

18 Feb 2019

Tough policing is restoring Indonesia’s fisheries

News / Food & Agriculture

Palm oil firms use 'shadow companies' to hide deforestation links: report

...Malaysia and Papua New Guinea, names Sawit Sumbermas Sarana, Gama, Bintang Harapan Desa, and the Fangiono, Tee, and Salim family business groups as some of the culprits. The use of opaque ownership st...

10 Jul 2018

Palm oil firms use 'shadow companies' to hide deforestation links: report

News / Food & Agriculture

Land conservation steps into limelight as key climate change fix

...Malaysia's Borneo rainforest also got a boost from donors allocating new money for their conservation. Cutting down trees to grow crops or for timber, and other uses of land for food production and fo...

17 Sep 2018

Land conservation steps into limelight as key climate change fix

News / Food & Agriculture

TDM land grant will mean 'large-scale deforestation' in Malaysia, warns WWF

Malaysian state-owned plantation company TDM Berhad has been accused by a green group of accepting forest-covered land from the provincial government, with the alleged intent to clear it to develop oi...

1 Feb 2018

TDM land grant will mean 'large-scale deforestation' in Malaysia, warns WWF

News / Food & Agriculture

Is certification enough to protect Southeast Asia's forests?

...Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's two largest palm oil producers, both have domestic certification schemes; Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) and Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) standards...

9 May 2018

Is certification enough to protect Southeast Asia's forests?

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